Apparatus for generating steam sn boilers



SAMUELA. HILL AND CHARLES F. THUMhL-UF @Hi CITY, ASSIGNORST THEliiShbVES AND ULIVEitl. SUAIFE, F FITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA."

inserieren nenannrns Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. g'a, dated October 12, 1869.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL A. l-IrLL and CHARLES F. Taurin, both of Oil City, in the county of Venango and State ot Pennsylvania,

' have invented a new and useful improvement in Apparatus for Generating Steam; and we do hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, end

to the letterslot' reference marked thereon.

vscribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of our speeitioation, Figure l is a side elevation ot' our improvement for generating steam. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal and vertical section of the saine. Fig. 3 is transverse section of the same when ont through at line y.

In the accompanying drawings, D represents an ordinary boilerused for generating steam. U represents the furnace for the boiler.

At the front end ofthe furnace is a tirecha-mber, B, made ot' tire-brick or other refraetory material. To the fire-chamber B is connected a metal chamber, A, which is lined with a suitable refractory matter, as indicated at The chamber A is provided with pipes e, g, and h'. The pipe cis provided with a register, f, and the pipe g may be connected to a reservoir containing hydrocarbon oil or other liquid matter which can be vaporized 5 critnay' be connected'to afurnace forAY burning any of the known articles of fuel. The chamber A is also provided'with a steam pipe, h, which is connected to the upper side of the boiler D, and, passing along, enters the end of the chamber A, extendinginto it so that its outlet o is forward ot' the pipes e and g. The steanrpipe laI is provided with a valve, i, for regulating the flow ot steam into the chainbcr A.

As the construction and arrangement ot' the several parte ot' our improvement and the re lation et the parts to each other will be readily understood by the skillful mechanic by reference `to the accompanying drawings, and from the foregoing description, therefore we will proceed to describe its operation, which is as follows: A tire is nmde in the furnace for the purpose of generating steam, and when the desired pressure of steam is obtained the valve is opened so that steam will flow through the pipe it. 'lhe register f oi pipe e is adjusted so as to admit the desired quantity ot air. The pipe g being connected with a reservoir oi" oil, or with a furnace for burning coni, wood, or other matter, the steam will draw air into chamber A through the pipe e, and i the hydrocarbon oil tiowing through pipe g will become mixed with the current of air,

and the adm ixture of air and oil coming in contact with the steam, the three elementsviz., air, oil, and steam-arc so mixed and blended together as to formin chamber A a.

vaporons or gaseous body, which, being ignited at the inner end ot' chamber A, burns with vivid combustion and intense heat in chamber B, which heat passes under the boiler, thereby generating steam with great rapidity.

By attaching 4the pipe g to au oilwell, the gas inthe well muy be drawn into chamber A and mixed with the air and steam, and burned in chamber B, or the pipe g may be attached to a stove or furnace in which coal, wood, or other material is heilig burned, and the heat, smoke, and gas thus generated may be drawn into chamber A through pipe. g, and mixed with the air and steam, and the whole consumed in chamber B.

Having thus' described the nature, construe tion, and operation of our improvement, what we claim as ot our invention isllhe"apparatus herein described for 'gener-1 ating steam by consuming hydrocarbon and other matter susceptible of evolution or vapor-ization, by commingliug it iu chambers A and B with an active current ot' steam or air, or active currents of steam and aircombined, substantially as herein described.

l SAMUEL A. HlLL. GHAS. F. THUMM. Witnesses:

tino., H. "recruits, yJanes J.. JOHNSTON. 

